There is no more inflammatory topic than the Arabs and the
Holocaust--the phrase alone can occasion outrage. Political scientist
Gilbert Achcar analyzes the various Arab responses to Nazism, from
the earliest intimations of the genocide, through the creation of
Israel and the destruction of Palestine and up to our own time,
critically assessing the political and historical context for these
responses and offering by the same token a unique ideological mapping
of the Arab world. While challenging distortions of the historical
record, Achcar makes no concessions to anti-Semitism or Holocaust
denial. This pathbreaking, essential book provides a new basis for
Arab-Israeli and Arab-Western understanding.
